What Accent do you like?

Exactly the same as me Mike...Scottish born and raised but lived in england with a few sojourns living in other countries..Germany Italy and Spain...for the best part of 40 years, no-one here in England believes I'm Scottish when I tell them, and in Scotland when I visit everyone thinks I'm English..!! (that's a bit sad)..because I do love my own home country accent overall..

Funny thing tho' is if I hear myself on playback..the Scottish accent to me is very clear..although very soft...but no-one else can hear it!!
 

hollydolly said:
That lady voice coach in the video has the different Scottish accents down pat perfectly...

As for Geordie Annie...similar to Glasgow...the majority of Geordie is quite strong, like in this clip with Jimmy Nail..usually if it's a soft version they're from further North like Northumberland or a little further south

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So this clip is Newcastle only, which is distinct from the accents nearby right? This doesn't sound like the guy who plays in George Gently - the young one - Lee Ingleby (who is actually from Lancashire). Are you familiar with his accent in the programme? That's the one I like.
 
boozercruiser said:
That reminds me of a chat up line a lovely lady once used on me, and it gave me something to remember always.

I come from Liverpool, and of course we Liverpool people have a Scouse Accent
(Think Beatles).:D

I was in a pub (bar) one evening, and the lady said to me (This is True)...

'Ooohhh, you look nice, and I just LOVE your Scouse accent.
I could just lay there and listen to it all night!
So make my day'!

I thought that was really lovely, so I granted her that wish!:):D

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I like that accent.
 

Ameriscot said:
So this clip is Newcastle only, which is distinct from the accents nearby right? This doesn't sound like the guy who plays in George Gently - the young one - Lee Ingleby (who is actually from Lancashire). Are you familiar with his accent in the programme? That's the one I like.
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This one is Jimmy Nail..who speaks with a strong Geordie accent ...not the guy who you're talking about who is in george gently...this clip I posted was from Auf Wierdersehen pet which starred a couple of Geordie actors with broads Newcastle accents! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auf_Wiedersehen,_Pet
 
hollydolly said:
This one is Jimmy Nail..who speaks with a strong Geordie accent ...not the guy who you're talking about who is in george gently...this clip I posted was from Auf Wierdersehen pet which starred a couple of Geordie actors with broads Newcastle accents! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auf_Wiedersehen,_Pet
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No, I meant the accent wasn't the same as the one I posted which I thought was Geordie. Is the guy in Gently speaking with a Geordie or other accent?
 
Thar would be a Northern English word Rose.. not Scottish... :D but good try..better than I'd be able to do with any American dialect..

In the highlands of Scotland that phrase would be said Thaurs a moose loose aboot this hoose (in Glasgow and the lowlands they would say ''rerrs' a moose loose aboot etc.. if they're speaking in dialect.)..otherwise we'd usually say There's a moose loose aboot this hoose etc..




 
Here's a hole list (not definitive) of English- Scottish words and phrases...

Bear in mind tho' that not all scots speak in dialect...nor do all of those phrases or words apply all over Scotland...some of these phrases and words are from the lowlands only..some from the east or west coast..and some from waaaay up north in the highlands


http://www.linguanaut.com/english_scots.htm
 
hollydolly said:
Thar would be a Northern English word Rose.. not Scottish... :D but good try..better than I'd be able to do with any American dialect..

In the highlands of Scotland that phrase would be said Thaurs a moose loose aboot this hoose (in Glasgow and the lowlands they would say ''rerrs' a moose loose aboot etc.. if they're speaking in dialect.)..otherwise we'd usually say There's a moose loose aboot this hoose etc..




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Now I know all aboot it! :D
 
Ameriscot said:
Apparently younger Scots are not rolling their 'r's any more. My dh still rolls his 'r's.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...s-drop-their-rs-say-researchers-10399661.html

After 15 years I still can't do the guttural 'ch' like in loch or Arrochar.
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Really?...I'm surprised after so long. I have to say when people say Lock (instead of loch') it irritates the hell out of me...but if you can't say it , then you can't..I know you would have tried hard . You wouldn't be a lot of good with Spanish either then.. ;)
 
hollydolly said:
Really?...I'm surprised after so long. I have to say when people say Lock (instead of loch') it irritates the hell out of me...but if you can't say it , then you can't..I know you would have tried hard . You wouldn't be a lot of good with Spanish either then.. ;)
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Aye. I try to say it correctly although my throat is not used to making that sound. I don't say lock though just a bad loch. No I wouldn't do well with Spanish or German. Oh well. No plans on learning either, just French.
 
hollydolly said:
oooh that's a lovely site, I've read that right the way through it was a joy to read!! My o/h was looking at me cross eyed when I read some out to him...and I could see him thinking what sort of foreign keich is she talkin' now''?
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My hubby can say it or read it easily, nae bother. But me. Nope. Just a word here and there.
 
I had an aortic aneurysm in 2005, and my nurse was from New Zealand. I would have been content to just listen to her talk all day – wouldn't even matter if I comprehended what she would have been saying.
 
I've got to agree with you fishful, I love the Jamaican and Caribbean Island accent too. So sweet and melodic.
 
fishfulthinking said:
I would have to say for me, Jamaican. Just a very easy to listen to accent.
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I used to love listening to that lady we thought was from Jamaica, Miss Cleo. She was a psychic, till she got in trouble and then I think they claimed she was born and raised in New York. I had a 30 minute VHS tape of hers many years ago and I enjoyed listening to her accent as she'd read the tarot cards and supposedly teach one how to tell people's fortunes. :) Her commercials were all over late night TV for a long time.
 

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